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Candy companies are prepping for Halloween this year despite some legal hiccups. (leekris / Getty Images)

Judge: Reese’s pumpkins don’t need faces

CK Smith

A judge ruled disappointment over missing jack-o’-lantern designs on the candy wasn’t enough to show financial harm

President Trump's war with the media has escalated to ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico reporters from White House grounds. Journalists showing up for work dealt with confiscated press passes and an inability to access their workspace. Trump promises more outlets will share the same fate. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Trump' media fight with new WH press ban

CK Smith

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico lose access to the grounds over coverage Trump calls "fake news" and threatens more bans

Sebastian Stan as Mihai Gheorghiu in "Fjord" (Neon)

"Fjord" and the myth of objectivity

Coleman Spilde

Inspired by real events, the Cannes winner walks a thin line between justice and propaganda

In Greenland, this summer, people walk past a shop's placard that reads "Greenland is not for sale!" President Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced his desire for the US to acquire Greenland, but the nations have now settled on a new security plan to be finalized at the UN General Assembly. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)

Trump's "Infinite Life" Greenland deal

CK Smith

Denmark and Greenland say the new pact expands US security access and preserves the Arctic island's sovereignty

Kathy Griffin at the TIME 2026 Women of the Year Gala ( Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Kathy Griffin still won't stay silent

Melanie McFarland

Nine years after her politicized exile, the comedian still has plenty to say — and so should other stars

Daily life continues in Tehran, capital of Iran, amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States, under the impact of US sanctions, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump's Iran war has economists aghast

Troy Farah

No "endgame" in sight, says J.P. Morgan, as gas prices keep soaring

Donald Trump during a press conference at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The tyrant's playbook

Andrea Mazzarino

Saga of the USS Abraham Lincoln shows how power talks its way out of responsibility

Donald Trump Jr. and now wife Bettina Anderson have been together since 2024, engaged since December 2025. Trump's father will be skipping their wedding weekend, blaming it on international issues. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images)

Dems probe Don Jr.'s Russian wedding

Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica

Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious" concerns

President Trump's image is everywhere, even on illicit drugs found in the Netherlands. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump bans CNN, others from White House

Troy Farah

Critics call it an "unprecedented assault on press freedom"

Savanna Stone (Illustration by Salon / Image courtesy of Zandland)

TikTok tradwife tainted by Tate tie

Melanie McFarland

Savanna Stone says women shouldn't vote. A YouTube doc reveals who was really behind her rise

Duncan Sheik (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Duncan Sheik wasn't a one-hit wonder

Kelly McClure

From "Girls" to "The Sopranos," Sheik's music stayed in cultural conversations

Mia Kirshner in Brian De Palma's "The Black Dahlia" (Rolf Konow/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

The curious case of “The Black Dahlia"

Melanie McFarland

20 years after Brian De Palma's misfire, let's apply some hindsight to pop culture's hottest cold case

Randy Marsh confronts his family about the new e-bike gangs in South Park, before heading to Jamba Juice (Comedy Central © Comedy Partners. All Rights Reserved.)

"South Park" saw our food fights coming

Ashlie D. Stevens

For decades, the show has skewered the systems that turn eating into bureaucracy, branding and culture war

A woman entering a voting polling place. (YinYang / Getty Images)

America, this is who we are. Now vote

Brian Karem

Despite the corruption and debasement of the Trump years, this election offers a fresh start

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 15, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How Kash’s attack dog act helps Trump

Amanda Marcotte

The FBI director’s testimony is part of a larger MAGA strategy to sow cynicism

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters outside of his Capitol office on Sept. 16, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Johnson is the GOP's top scaredy-cat

Alex Galbraith

Facing an impeachment vote on Pete Hegseth, Johnson fled Washington. We should have seen it coming

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. The discussion comes as data centers have emerged as a major political issue in Texas, with Gov. Greg Abbott calling for stronger oversight of their expansion. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Dems in Texas are truly competitive

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

Democrat James Talarico is consistently leading in the polls over Ken Paxton, which is unheard of in recent decades

Tom Cruise (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Tom Cruise wants the last word

Coleman Spilde

In his not-so-wide-ranging GQ profile, Cruise stays convincingly on-message

Inde Navarrette (Brianna Bryson/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

The men who think actresses owe them

Kristen Lopez

Jeff Sneider's threats against Inde Navarrette fit a decades-old pattern in entertainment media

Sen. Mitch McConnell arrives for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2026. It was his first public appearance in more than 90 days. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Mitch is back and it’s terrifying

Troy Farah

McConnell returns from three-month absence, to DC's surprise. But many questions remain

Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson at the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco,  June 7, 2026. (Arnold Jerocki / FilmMagic)

Don Jr.'s wedding, a corruption story

Sophia Tesfaye

ProPublica reveals that a Russian oligarch paid for Bahama nuptials. Right-wing media is silent

President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump says he's respected. World says no

Heather Digby Parton

America's global reputation is in tatters. That's not all Trump's fault, but he sure made it worse

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Suing Ken Paxton over abortion access

Shefali Luthra - The 19th

The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions

Ed Sheeran performs  at TD Garden in Boston, Dec. 14, 2025. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Sheeran's a coward: Can you blame him?

Alex Galbraith

The Macklemore-Kraft saga on his stadium tour shows the thin line artists walk

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